A song is sometimes like a movie. Many songs or even entire LPs, are able to compose an atmosphere, a mood... This way of define music is the One of Wax Tailor's.Listen to the firsts seconds of his brand new album "In The Mood for Life". The sound of a car window opening. Many piano notes, and we're in the mood. And at the beginning and the end of many songs in the LP this voice used like the one of a narrator, a narrator for the story Wax Tailor tells us.
But let's remind who is wax Tailor. Fans of Trip Hop may have known him for a long time, but for the others: Wax Tailor is the project of a french producer, Jean-Cristophe Le Saout. Until this new album he has released two albums and two EP. His style is typically trip-hop. A melting of hip hop rhythms, electro beats, and an ecletic musical background. As lots of indie french artists he find inspiration in other cultures than what the french one provides. As a consequence, this LP was recorded in NYC and in Paris, and he begins his tour in the US. There is no doubt he will find here an audience among the fans of bands such as The Herbaliser, Thievery Corporation, Overhead...
To be honest, In The Mood for Life may not be his best album (even though i'm not currently sure of that), however, it is really worth listening it several times, and if you are convinced by his style, you should try his previous "Hope and Sorrow".
Tracklist :
1. City Vapors
2. Dragon Chasers (feat. Charlotte Savary)
3. Already Begun
4. B-Boy on Wax (feat. Speech Defect)
5. Street Scent
6. No Pity
7. Dry Your Eyes (feat. Sara Genn)
8. Masquerade Theme
9. Until Heaven Stops the Rain (feat. Mattic)
10. More Songs
11. Leave It (feat. Dionne Charles)
12. Escape Theme
13. Go Without Me (feat. Charlotte Savary)
14. This Train (feat. Voice & Ali Harter)
15. Sit & Listen
16. Fireflies (feat. Charlotte Savary & Mattic)
17. Say Yes (feat. ASM)
18. I Own You (feat. Charlie Winston)
19. Greenfields (feat. Charlotte Savary)
